The Miner Massacre: A Buying Opportunity?

By Ben Levisohn

The market is playing whack-a-mole with miners of all stripes today. There are the coal miners, with Alpha Natural Resources (ANR) and Peabody Energy (BTU) getting smacked. There are the base-metal miners like Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold (FCX), which have been hammered. And even gold miners like Newmont Mining (NEM) and Agnico-Eagle Mines (AEM) are down hard.

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